Tack and nail puller.



No. 877,524. PATENTED JAN. 2a, 1908.

R. R. SMITH. TACK AND NAIL PULLER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB,17, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT R. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GENERAL SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA.

TACK AND NAIL FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Tack and Nail Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to implements for extracting tacks, staples and nails from carpets, mattings, floors and the like, and its leading purposes are to provide a device that is adapted for the ready use of interchange able claws that will engage and lift tacks, nails or staples with a vertical pull requiring a minimum force and without breaking them, and that can be constructed readily at a, comparatively low cost.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an implement embodying my invention, part being broken away for the purpose of illustration: Fig. 2 represents a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1: Fig. 3 represents a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 represents a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1: and Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the bifurcated claw.

As shown in the drawings, the implement comprises the levers 1 and 2, preferably pressed to shape from sheet metal, the lever 1 having the flanges 3 and the lever 2 having the flanges 4 embraced thereby through which is passed a pin 5 for holding them together in pivotal relation. The lever 1 is provided with the head 6 extending transversely thereto with the flanges 7 thereon. The head normally engages the foot 8 of the lever 2, which has the part 9 turned back thereon to provide a bearing for the head and a connection for the spring 10, the spring being engaged to the bearing and to the loop 11 of the lever 1 to draw the head and foot together. The head has an opening 12 through its face and lugs 13 struck out from I the metal thereof. A claw 14:, having a l shank 15 provided with a shoulder 16 and a lug 17, is engaged with the head 6 by having the lug inserted through the hole 12 and the shoulder disposed therein, while the shank 15 is frictionally engaged by the lugs 13.

The claw may be either single having the as shown in Fig. 4 for engaging stabifurcated, having the parts 14 as shown in Fig. 5 for engaging tacks and nails. hen the claw has been engaged and the foot is supported the lever 2 is drawn up to the lever 1 or the two parts are pressed together and the object is lifted vertically or substantially so, without bending it, with the minimum pull, and Without striking the .hand as in forcing the usual type of lifter down.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1 In an implement of the class described, a 1 lever'having a head bent at an angle thereto, said lever having flanges thereon, and a claw having a shank extending along and engaged to said head, said head and claw having engaging means permitting the claw to be lifted out of engagement with said head.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of February, A. D. 1905, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT R. SMITH.

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Witnesses:

ROBERT JAMEs EARLEY, UTLEY E. CRANE, Jr. 

